Wintershall Norge ASA is seeking partner(s) to farm-in to the projects described below.
Project 1: Orlando UK P1606 (Block 3/3b)
The Orlando Discovery is located in the E-Shetland basin between the Brent and Ninian oil fields (westerly dipping fault-dip closure, discovered by Chevron UK Ltd. in 1988/89, well 3/3-11).
The well proved an oil column of >160ft in the Tarbert and Ness Fms. (test: 2814 bopd [3/4' choke, 32.6 API oil, GOR 254 scf/stb]). Base case rec.oil has been estimated at 10.4 MMBO (5.7 in the Tarbert Fm., 4.7 in the Ness Fm.).
Updip potential in the Orlando structure is expected at Etive and Statfjord levels. Additional prospects/leads have been identified: Rosalind (Brent, footwall fault dip closure), Phoebe (L. Cret. mass transport ssts.) and Silvius (U. Jur. Magnus sst.).
The total licence potential amounts to 55 MMBO (risked mean reserves). An online data room is in preparation.
Project 2: Volante Prospect (License P.1303; Blocks 20/2b and 20/3d)
The Lower Cretaceous Volante Prospect is located in the Outer Moray Firth. The trap is a basin floor turbidite fan which pinches out updip at the paleo-shelf break to the NW (against the Grampian Spur).
The sand body has a point source geometry and shows compaction mounding. Oil is believed to be stratigraphically trapped in the Punt Sandstone Member. A distinct amplitude anomaly and a possible flat spot is present.
A seismic voxel study shows the basin floor fan as an internally connected, isolated body (no connection to feeder channel). Top seal is provided by the Lower Cretaceous Valhall Shale, the bottom seal by the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay, which is the mature source rock. Volante contains recoverable resources of up to 177 MMboe. An online data room is in preparation.
Project 3: Blakeney/P1619/21-27b P1562 (Block 21/21 and 21/22)
Wintershall is proposing to divest up to 50% of it's 100% working interest in licences p1562/p1619 containing blocks 21/21, 21/22 and 21/27b respectively.
The Blakeney prospect will be drilled in Q3 2010 and consists of a robust four-way dip closure in the Eocene Tay sands, sealed by intraformational shales, sourced by the Kimmeridge Clay.
Attribute studies on Far/Near/Full-stack 3D-data show a clear DHI indicating an oil-filled sand.
The Blakeney prospect has recoverable resources in the region of 20 MMbbl of 20-25 API oil and the chance of success exceeds 50%.
Leads provide significant further resource potential in the area. An online data room is in preparation.
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